Well ladies, it is one week from today that I go under the knife. I went to the hospital today to get my pre-op check up. They did an ekg and took some blood. I go to my primary doctor this coming Tuesday June 24th for a physical. Then, surgery on Thursday, June 26th at 7:30 am. Today the nurse went over the procedure and what to expect. I think I want to call it off. The stay in the hospotal will be between 2 and 3 days. I am having the sigmoid colon removed, it is called a colon resection. I guess going through the pain and recovery of the surgery has got to be better then suffering the attacks I have been having. I pray that this surgery will relieve these pains I have been going through, also some not so lovely other syptoms. I will be a NEW woman, oh yeah!!!!! I just hope that the sigmoid colon weighs about 50 lbs so I will come out 50 lbs lighter. Hey, I think I will ask him to do Lipo Suction while he is in there. I could come out 100 lbs lighter. Yeah, that's what I'll do!! How much more time could it take to just suck out all the fat in there? Well actually, with this gut it could take quite a while. And, his bill may be higher, but it will be worth it. ha ha
Anyway, would everyone please pray for me? I know God will take care of me but it is a little scary. I will probably be out of commission for a few days and won't be able to post for a while, (I will be a little sore from the lipo suction). But as soon as I am able I will post and get back to the fun. I will be staying at Cheryl's house for at least a week maybe more, if they can stand me that long. Ryan loves me, he will take care of me!!! The recovery time is different with all patients but if all goes well I hope to be back to work by July 15th. That will be 2 weeks and 3 days. I have a sit down job and very little lifting is invovled. I have a cofy chair at work too, that should mean something.
The nurse today said to expect to be off work at least 3 weeks if not longer. We'll see.
So, in the meantime, I am getting things ready to go away for a few days. I was thinking about getting an I Pod or some brand of music thingy with all my favorite Christian singers on it to pass the time in the hospital. That will make me feel better.
So, Pray your little hearts out, ok? You can't have too many people praying, that is for sure.
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I didn't know you were getting surgery done. Wow!
Well I will pray. I will break out my get well cards! Maybe I will draw you a picture too, I think I can draw a colon....
I hope that the dogs at Cheryl's don't potty on you while you are recovering!!!!!!
I don't think you need liposuction, could I arrange to get it done? Maybe we could get a group discount! Your colon, my fat!
Keep us posted, have Cheryl keep us posted while you are there. Everything will go fine.
don't buy an ipod, iw ill bring one the night of your surgery and have it loaded up for you. You will do fine. I will pray too. Cheryl should let me know if i can help, call me if you need anything.
Thank you both very much. Amanda, I will ask about a group rate, two for one maybe? You have never seen my gut, I do need it done but I will get the group rate and invite you to join me. I will check on that and let you know.
Sonya, that would be great if you could put all Christian music on an ipod for me. I would LOVE that, thank you so much. I love Contemporary Christian. Anything KLOVE plays!!
I will have to stay away from the dogs for a few days because they love their grammy and they jump on me all the time. That is how they show me some LOVE.
Sonya, did I tell you Cathy is coming in Tuesday night? She wanted to be here for the surgery.
She plans on staying until July 6th.
Amanda, please draw a colon, I would like that. Sign your work too. You may be famous some day and it will be worth money. But I couldn't sell anything you made for me no matter how much it will be worth. Even when I am out on the streets and begging for food I will still hold on to that priceless colon picture. I could be the first bag lady with a valuable colon picture. All the other bag ladies will be envious of me. I will not give up my colon a second time!!!
I will begin work on the great colon picture tomorrow. If you were a bag lady on the street I would draw you a bunch of organ pictures to sell. I am sure I could draw a mean thyroid!
I hope Sonya choses lots of good gansta rap for you to listen to. I hear that is the most soothing music! Next in line would be anything heavy metal.
Do you think Cheryl will let me stay at her house while I recover from my fat sucking surgery? We could entertain each other I am sure!
Amanda, sure you could stay at Cheryl's house with me. We would be great company for each other. Why don't you bring your children too, I'm sure Cheryl won't mind. "Aunt" Cheryl could take care of them while we eat bon bons and watch movies all day. Ooops, maybe we shouldn't eat bon bons and put back what the doctor has sucked out. Salad, I meant salad, yeah we could eat salad all day while watching movies. Do you know how to play cards?
Well, my thyroid is underactive so you would have to draw a very limp, lazy, sleepy, thyroid to represent mine. My liver is in good shape though, the Cerosis hasn't set in yet. So, that would be a nice picture. I could probably get a pretty penny from that one. And my heart is all worn out and used up from all the love it has given to people over the years. Let see, I don't have tonsils they were taken out when I was 12. Your choice of organs will be slim but there are a few you could draw. I still have my ovaries, you can have those.
Gotta go finish getting ready for Sammy's T Ball game. You didn't think I got up at 7:30 by choice did you?
Oh you and Amanda are a riot!! ha ha I had no idea you were having surgery. I will pray for you every day...please let me know if there is anything I can do for you too. What hospital will you be in and how long will you be in the hospital?? I hope the surgery makes you feel like a million bucks!
Thanks Crys, I am going to be in Good Sam Hospital. The stay in the hospital is, they told me, is 2 -3 days. It is according to how I progress. I say, I will be going home Saturday. Check out time is 11:00 am. Sounds like a hotel, doens't it? That is what they told me. I will be staying at Cheryl and Kevin's.
Oh, And Sonya is going to bring me an IPOD with gangsta rap and heavy metal music on it. That will be nice, soothing, music for me to recuperate to. If I just feel like $1000 bucks I will be happy. But a million would be wonderful.
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